Have you ever had a carefree bikeride in the rain? It may be one of the most enjoyable physical activities an outdoor enthusiast can experience. Grinding up muddy slopes, sloshing through puddles, feeling the cool rain on your face—it’s magical and playful and cheerful. Wonderful. There’s only one problem, though: work. What happens when you need […]
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Do you like the Tour de France? Chances are, if you’re like billions of other folks—literally— you do. Here are some of our favorite facts about the event, starting with a fact that honest-to-goodness blows our mind a little bit:Over a Billion People Watch the EventSo, we’ll start the beginning: Europeans are crazy about cycling. […]
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Under the right conditions, bicycle commuting is an absolute joy: you avoid the lunatics on mass transit, you get a nice little workout, and you enjoy the outdoors. For a lot of folks, once you start to commute on your bike, there’s no turning back—you’re a lifer. There is, however, one thing that frustrates a lot […]
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Have you ever thought about becoming a bike mechanic? In the discussion below, we’ll go over everything you need to know about the profession: what you’ll do on the job, the training you’ll need, the salary you can expect to make, and ultimately whether it’s a good job for you to have. Hopefully, it’ll be […]
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We’ve all heard about that one guy your friend knows from the office, or that one girl your cousin knows from college—the one who hopped on a bike that s/he got from a garage sale and then pedaled from here to Anchorage. That’s awesome, and while many of those stories are true (or some of […]
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